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(No Model.)

' A. FELLOWS. HAME FASTENBR.

No. 418,931. Patented Oct. 29(18539.

" UNITED STATES ALFRED FELLOWS, or

PATENT OFFICE.-

HAM EV-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,931, dated October29, 1889.

' Application filed April 19, 1889. SerialNO. 307,759. (No model.)

To alt whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED FELLows,'a citizen of the United States,residing at Lansing, in the county of Leavenworth and Stateof Kansas,have invented a new and useful Hame-Fastener, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hame-fasteners.

The object of the present invention is to produce a hame-fastener ofsimple and inexpensive construction, capable of being quickly andconvcnientlyadjustable to fit varioussized collars, and adapted to bereadily operated and to be held in its locked position by its pressureagainst the collar.

The invention consists in the constructionand novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hame-fastenerembodying my invention, and showing the relative position of partspreparatory to locking. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, portion of thecasing being broken away to show the position of the parts when locked.Fig. 3 is a detail View of the adjusting-screw.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A designates thecasing, which is composed of the two sides a and the integral hame-hooka, which unites the sides a at one end of the casing, and is adapted .toen-, gage one of a pair of hames in the ordinary manner. The sides a ofthe casing are provided with a series of adjusting -l1oles a which areadapted for the reception of a screw B, whereby the position of a leverC, which is pivot-ed between the sides a. by said screw B, may beadjusted to enable the hamefastener to fit varioussized collars. Theholes a in the rear side of the casing are threaded to engage thethreaded endb of the adjusting screw B, the other end I) being enlargedand formed into a thumb-piece to facilitate the turning of said screw.

The lever C is provided with a slot 0,

through which the adj ustin "-screw B passes,

and has its end a curved to adapt it to engage a somewhatsimilarly-curved end e of a metal strap E, which is designed to beattached to a hame by a hook 6', formed at the opposite end thereof.

The lever O is adjusted by means of the screw B to adapt thehame-fastener to larger or smaller collars, and the curved end 0 of thelever is brought into engagement with the curved end e of the strap E,and the parts are locked by throwing the free end of the lever upagainst the hooked end e of the strap, after which the pressure exertedby the hamefastener upon the collar will hold the parts locked until thelever is swung back.

v From the foregoing description and the ac- 6 5 compan yin g drawingsthe construction, operation, and advantages of the invention willreadily be understood.

What I claim is In a hame-fastener, the combination, with the casingprovided with a hook at one end designed to be secured to one of a pairof hames and having parallel sides a, provided with a series of adjusting-holes, the lever pivoted intermediate of its ends between thesides a and'having'a curved end 0 and the adjusting-screw, of the metalstrap designed to have one end connected to the other hame and havingits other end curved to engage the curved end of the lever,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

VVitn esses:

R. L. IsHAM, E. B. MERITT.

ALFRED FELLOWS.

